Support for clasp brake beam



\ E. G. BUSSE SUPPORT FOR CLASP BRAKE BEAMS Filed Aug. 31 1922 In 12272 for.

Patentedduly It), I923,

EDW'IN G. BUSSE, CI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

A resists rear .essrenon 'ro cnrceeo RAILWAY EQUIP- r/rnnr COMPANY, orcnrceeo, rumors, e. conronarron or rtnrnors.

SUPPORT FOR CLASP BBJAKE BEAM.

Application filed August 31, 1922. Serial No. 585,511.

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, EDWIN G. BUssn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Supports for Clasp Brake Beams, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomakeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application.

My invention-relates to railroad rolling stock and consists in an improvement in brake beam supports especially adapted to form a third or fourth point support for brake beams in a clasp brake system.

In the use of my invention, a single support member is used to uphold both ofthe brake beams located on opposite sides of the same axle and wheels, and While this support may be mounted in different ways, I illustrate a preferred construction in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of one end of a truck equipped with clasp brakes.

Figure 2 is an end view of a portion of the truck shown in Figure 1 with the wheels and brake beamsomitted.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a modified construction.

The truck has the usual axle 1, wheels 2,

a side frame 3, an end cross member 4:, a.

spring plank 5, and brake beams 6 and 7 located on opposite sides of Wheels 2.

Secured to spring plank 5 and to the end member 4 of the truck frame is a supporting element 8 extending substantially horizontally from the level of the spring plank to the end of the truck and. then upwardly to end member at. -Element 8 is here shown as an angle iron having its inner end securedv in a suitable bracket 9 on spring plank 5 by means of a cotter pin 10.. 'The outer end of the angle8 is similarlyrsecured to end member 4 of the truck frame by a bracket 11 and pin 12. By removal of the pins 10 and 12, the angle may be easily removed from the truck.

While the brake beams 6 and "7 could be supported directly upon angle 8, I prefer to provide individual yielding inclined supporting members 13 and 14:, respectively, which engage sliding chairs 15 on the beams. This form of support is familar to those acquainted in the art and insures the presentation ofthe entire face of the brakeshoe to the wheel irrespective of the wear on the shoe or the 'wheeltire.

In the modification illustrated .in Figure 3 a single supporting element 16 is shown as extending from the spring plank 17 to the truck fran e bracket 18. This member is shown as having inclined portions 19 beneath the brake beams -andis preferably formed of spring material although a rigid member, could be, substituted therefor, if desired. 1

' I In Figure 2, member 8 is shown as spaced from the center line of the truck so that it and a corresponding member located on the opposite'side of the truck would form fourth point brake beam supports. Obviously a single member could be located at the center of the truck, thereby providing a third point support. Such an: arrangement is indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2.

I contemplate these and other such modifications in my invention as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a truck, a truck frame, a spring plank, and a brake beam support having its opposite ends mounted on said frame and spring plank.

' 2. In a truck, a truck frame, a spring plank spaced from the end of said frame, an axle and wheels located between said .spring plank and theend of the frame, and

a brake beam support having one end mounted on said spring plank and the opposite end mounted on the end of said frame. I

3. In a truck, a transverse end member, a transverse spring plank, a member secured to said spring plank, extending lon-- gitudinally of the truck to the end thereof,

then upwardly and secured to said end bef extei cling be aeatli' brake beams lecatecl at opp'oslte sidesof an axle an cl Wheels, and spaced 0pp0s1telyf inclmed, beam, support 9; A-brakebeam su-ppprt fer ela'sp A:- third y brake-beam comprising a member adapted, 1 to 3 be supported; at,'its -'0pp0sit.eends upoi the spring plank and-"the end of .t'hejtruck,

respeetivelyyand means-for detacliablyQsev '12. A brake beam support for jelasp;

euringfsaicl member to 'its supports,

1 8 A, brakebeam support eomprlsmg a memberexjieriglingin opposite (ll eetions be neath an axle and Wheels, and respective yielding 'inembers (BXbQliCllilg upwardly and inwardlys beneath brake beams located on either. side of the axle vand heels.)- v1 brake arrangements comprising-a eo'mmon support extending -u11" cle r; b0tli' beams (in opposite" sides of anazile and. WhQQlSy-Etlld vprovld ng "brake arrangements compi'ising a c cmnmol i aee g'a e mounted thereon.

"'posite' sides bf an axle and wi lieels, and oppositely inclined yielding supgiieviclingi porting .surfacesfor the'"t wb "beams,

11'; Afbrake beam support for clasp brake rangementscomprisinga commoni support extending under both beamsgon ,opposlte sides of an:- axle andwheels, *ancl 'previdlng individually;"yielding supporting surfaces V brakes comprising a common supp rtmembei'extending:uncler both beamsbn opposite slcles of an axle and wheels, and "detach able brake supporting [elemel' lts 40 brakes comprising a common support msnk "ber. extending iinclefboth beams 'n opposite sides offan axle and Wheels, and indi. viclual detachable yielclhig" support elements for each beam mount d on said" 'inemben,

In testimony whereef I hereuntd afilximy signature this 22ndday of August, 1922. 

